TOEIC® Speaking and Writing Score Use

The TOEIC® Speaking and Writing tests scores are used by a variety of organizations and educational institutions to measure how well you might do in workplace and real-life situations where you are required to speak and write in English.

How Organizations Use the TOEIC® Test Scores

Small businesses, multinational corporations and government agencies use TOEIC® test scores as a management tool to make personnel decisions that include:

work and interact successfully if posted to an English-speaking country

advance within the organization — or need further English-language training

How Educational Institutions Use the TOEIC Test Scores

Many universities and institutions of higher education — particularly engineering and business schools — require students to take the TOEIC test prior to graduation. Test scores demonstrate whether:

specific levels of English proficiency are met as part of students' overall education

students have sufficient English-language skills to use effectively in their careers once they graduate

The TOEIC Speaking and Writing tests also give students a credential of their English proficiency that can be used to demonstrate their English-language proficiency to potential employers around the world.

How Language Schools Use the TOEIC Test Scores

Language schools may offer the TOEIC test as an external and objective means to test language skills of individuals as they prepare to enter the work environment. Test scores are used to:

place incoming and continuing students into appropriate class levels

demonstrate student progress — when the test is taken multiple times, improvement can be measured in test scores

evaluate the effectiveness of the school's program and the impact of student career readiness — if the test is given at the beginning and end of the training course, the increase in test scores can show how much the program improved students' language skills

Additional information regarding score use may be found in the TOEIC User Guide.